{"id":154719,"date":"2025-03-10T21:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani"},"modified":"2025-03-25T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T18:00:59","slug":"el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufai leaving APC for SDP makes no difference \u2014 Shehu Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has stated that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai\u2019s defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, would make no difference, as he no longer holds any political relevance.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai recently left the APC for the Social Democratic Party, SDP, stating that he sees the latter as a suitable platform for his future political engagements and activities.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting via telephone, Shehu Sani told DAILY POST, that out of fear of the unknown, El-Rufai officially dumped APC for SDP. However, he insisted that El-Rufai\u2019s defection was of no consequence, as he no longer wields any political influence.<\/p>\n<p>It may also be recalled that Senator Shehu Sani, alongside other prominent politicians in the state\u2014such as Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, Senator Danjuma Laah, and former Governor Ramalan Yero\u2014returned to APC a few weeks ago. During their return, Shehu Sani reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that Governor Uba Sani is re-elected in 2027.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has stated that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai\u2019s defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, would make no difference, as he no longer holds any political relevance. DAILY POST recalls that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai recently left the APC for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[16015,254,195],"class_list":["post-154719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-elrufai-2","tag-nigeria","tag-shehu-sani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>El-Rufai leaving APC for SDP makes no difference \u2014 Shehu Sani - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has stated that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai\u2019s defe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"El-Rufai leaving APC for SDP makes no difference \u2014 Shehu Sani\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has stated that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai\u2019s defe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-10T20:23:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T18:00:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741630337.076392.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"El-Rufai leaving APC for SDP makes no difference \u2014 Shehu Sani\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-10T20:23:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T18:00:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741630337.076392.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"El'Rufai\",\"Nigeria\",\"Shehu sani\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-leaving-apc-for-sdp-makes-no-difference-shehu-sani\",\"name\":\"El-Rufai leaving APC for SDP makes no difference \u2014 Shehu Sani - 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